ANDREIA RAMOS

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Publications Theses Ramos, A. (2008) “Raft Estuary Project” B.Sc. Thesis, University of Porto.   Ramos, A. (2010) “Parental, alloparental care and territorial defense in the toadfish Halobatrachus didactylus” M.Sc. Thesis, University of Porto.   Papers in international scientific periodicals with referees   Vasconcelos, R.O., Alderks, P.W., Ramos, A., Fonseca, P.J., Amorim,M.C.P., Sisneros, J.A. (2015) Vocal differentiation parallels development of auditory saccular sensitivity in a highly soniferous fish. Journal of Experimental Biology.   Valdoria, C., Ramos,A.,Lam,M.K., Amorim,M.C.P., Vasconcelos, R.O (in prep.)The social role of acoustic and visual signaling during ontogenetic development in the territorial Lusitanian toadfish   Vasconcelos, R.O., Carriço, R., Ramos, A., Modesto, T., Fonseca,P. J., Amorim, M.C.P. (2012) Vocal behaviour predicts reproductive sucess in a teleost fish. Behavioral Ecology. DOI:10.1093/beheco/arr199   Ramos, A, Fonseca, P. J, Modesto, T., Almada, V.C., Amorim, M. C. P. (2012) Alloparental behaviour in the highly vocal Lusitanian toadfish. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, pp. 58-62. DOI 10.1016/j.jembe.2012.07.002   Papers in conference proceedings Popper, A. N. and Hawkins, A. eds.(2012). Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, New York.
Oral communications Ramos, A., Modesto, T., Fonseca, P. J., Amorim, M. C.P. Parental and alloparental behaviour in a strongly vocal fish. 3rd Symposium on Acoustic Communication by Animals, Ithaca, New York (August 2011)   Vasconcelos, R. O., Ramos, A., Carriço, R., Fonseca, P. J., Amorim, M.C.P. As sexy as my song: relation between vocal behaviour and mating success in the Lusitanian toadfish. XXIII IBAC. La Rochelle, France (September 2011).   Amorim, M. C. P., Simões, J. M., Ramos, A. & Fonseca, P. J. Variability in the mating call of the Lusitanian toadfish, Halobatrachus didactylus: propagation constraints for mate attraction and choice? Joint Meeting Of Ichthyologists & Herpetologists, Rhole Island, (EUA) (2010).   Posters   Ramos, A., Podlesná, M., Lam, F., Gonçalves, D. Selection for agressive behavior in the Siamese fighting fish Betta splendens. 53rd Annual Conference of the Animal Behavior Society. (USA, 2016)   Ramos, A.,Valdoria, C. and Vasconcelos, R. O. Differentiation of vocal patterns in a singing fish. Gordon Conference on Modulation of Neural Circuits and Behavior. (Hong Kong, 2015)   Valdoria,C., Chaves, P., Ramos, A. Lam, M. K., Amorim, M. C. P. and Vasconcelos, R. O. Early multimodal communication in the territorial Lusitanian toadfish . XXV meeting of the International Bioacoustics Council (IBAC). (German, 2015.)   Alves, D., Vasconcelos, R.O., Ramos, A., Sisneros, J.A., Amorim, M.C.P, Fonseca, P.J. Vocal differentiation and development of auditory abilities in a highly soniferous fish. Neuroethology and biomechanics of acoustic communication in vertebrates. (Valencia, 2013)   Ramos, A., Amorim, M.C.P. & Fonseca, P.J. How well toadfish sounds propagate in estuarine shallow waters? XXIII IBAC. La Rochelle, France (September 2011).   Vasconcelos, R. O., Ramos, A., Carriço, R., & Fonseca, P. J. Talkative males are more attractive: relation between vocal behaviour and mating success in the Lusitanian toadfish. 3rd Symposium on Acoustic Communication by Animals, Ithaca, New York (August 2011).   Ramos, A., Amorim, M.C.P. & Fonseca, P.J. Propagation of Lusitanian toadfish sounds in estuarine shallow waters. The Effects of noise on Aquatic Life – Second International Conference, Cork, Ireland (August 2010).